TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4273

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1477

peak 1477 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-31

latest 2017-10-13

Best ToY finish

#1229

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2628 / 720

Master · 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.31 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.96 (+9.35)

Walk rate

47%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Brisket · 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake

Consistency

±18.65

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.01 · weakest Brisket (158.10)

Road miles

1,558

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 254 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Master avg

645.96 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

682.2628 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2628 at 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-06-02

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 53%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.91 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 158.10
Pork Ribs avg 163.01
2 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SCHAEFER BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 10 shared pork ribs entries lost

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared pork ribs entries.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

First State Community Bank

#4281 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-08-16

⚔ Head-to-head

B Team BBQ MO

#4262 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Butts on the Barbie

#4291 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2023-11-17

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BSQ'S

#4283 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 12% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2025-02-21

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OVER-THE-HILL BBQ

#4268 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2022-06-03

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MARK'S SMOKIN QUE

#4282 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Level with TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-08-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PITMASTERIQ BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BRICKHEAD BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MOKAN MEATHEADS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SWEET & SASSY	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BOSS HAWG BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SCHAEFER BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
B-BOYZ BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	0	172.0000	148.5256	162.84	top 63%
Pork Ribs	15	3	0	172.5600	150.2056	163.01	top 55%
Pork	15	3	0	174.2744	147.4284	162.00	top 61%
Brisket	15	2	2	174.8572	150.2744	158.10	top 65%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	14	0	top 64%
TN	1	0	top 93%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 70%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Anchor City Cook Off	3	13	0	top 68%	2017-10-13

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.4 yrs 2013-05-31 → 2017-10-13

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 14 of 15 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 163.01 · weakest Brisket (158.10)

Walk rate 47% a top-10 call in 7 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 2 of 15 contests

Master average 645.96 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 329 192–371 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,558 15 mapped stops · furthest 254 mi

Schedule strength 1553 average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests

Power rating 1477 peak 1477 · #4273 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
May 31 First tracked contest Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
2014
Aug 22 First call 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 22 First overall top-10 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2856 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1488) 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
2016
Apr 15 10th tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
2017
Jun 2 First overall podium 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake
Jun 2 Career-best overall score682.2628 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake
Jun 2 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8572 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake
Oct 13 Most recent contest Anchor City Cook Off

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake	2017-06-02
+13.1	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2014-08-22
+2.7	Anchor City Cook Off	2017-10-13
+1.7	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2016-04-15
+1.5	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest	2017-04-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	2013-05-31
-11.7	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2014-04-11
-8.2	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2015-07-31
-6.7	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival	2014-09-26
-6.7	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2015-04-17

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	4	1	75%	top 53%	94.8%	91.8%
2016	2	0	50%	top 71%	89.5%	88.8%
2015	4	0	50%	top 73%	92.1%	90.1%
2014	3	1	33%	top 63%	92.5%	88.5%
2013	2	0	0%	top 75%	89.1%	87.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-10-13	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	15 / 27 (659.8856)	7 (172.0000)	5 (172.5600)	19 (161.7028)	18 (153.6228)
2017-09-16	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling, MO	40 / 47 (646.6740)	25 (169.6800)	44 (154.2400)	29 (166.2400)	41 (156.5140)
2017-06-02	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake Monroe City, MO	3 / 27 (682.2628)	7 (170.3200)	7 (170.8228)	19 (166.2628)	2 (174.8572)
2017-04-21	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	24 / 40 (653.6000)	35 (155.4056)	32 (159.3944)	8 (173.7144)	21 (165.0856)
2016-10-14	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	28 / 34 (634.1256)	26 (159.3828)	32 (150.2056)	4 (174.2628)	28 (150.2744)
2016-04-15	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	32 / 53 (644.4572)	36 (162.8344)	24 (162.8228)	13 (168.0228)	43 (150.7772)
2015-10-09	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	13 / 20 (657.5772)	16 (163.4400)	16 (157.0628)	5 (174.2744)	11 (162.8000)
2015-07-31	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	33 / 38 (646.1256)	28 (164.5256)	24 (164.5372)	30 (161.6800)	34 (155.3828)
2015-05-29	Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	16 / 26 (663.3256)	18 (163.9772)	7 (171.9772)	19 (165.1084)	16 (162.2628)
2015-04-17	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	39 / 49 (626.6856)	34 (162.2284)	21 (163.3944)	47 (147.9656)	38 (153.0972)
2014-09-26	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO	29 / 37 (639.4172)	20 (165.6916)	17 (168.5716)	36 (147.4284)	29 (157.7256)
2014-08-22	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	9 / 52 (666.2856)	22 (163.9772)	24 (162.2628)	11 (168.0228)	2 (172.0228)
2014-04-11	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	43 / 46 (605.5540)	45 (148.5256)	35 (155.9428)	42 (150.2512)	37 (150.8344)
2013-09-27	Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival Hermann, MO	22 / 39 (641.6916)	13 (168.0344)	18 (164.0000)	33 (154.2400)	25 (155.4172)
2013-05-31	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	40 / 43 (621.7142)	39 (152.5712)	17 (167.4286)	41 (150.8570)	38 (150.8574)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014 ↗	Master	#1229 (231 pts)	#1611 (161 pts)	#1645 (151 pts)	#1390 (216 pts)	#963 (346 pts)